Two Indiana Supreme Court justices disagreed with their colleagues about not taking a case on the state’s wage payment
statute, issuing dissent that described how they believe the justices should clear up perceived uncertainty about whether
the law can be applied to certain claims before the Indiana Department of Labor.

A new task force will review the practices and procedures of the nine small claims courts within the state’s largest
county, following critical reports last year suggesting litigants may not receive the same access to justice in each court
or as parties have in other Indiana jurisdictions.

The Indiana Supreme Court accepted two civil cases last week on transfer, in addition to the two-high profile appeals involving
legislative fines against lawmakers and Secretary of State Charlie White.

The Indiana Supreme Court has taken the appeal of a Marion County judge’s decision that ordered Democratic members of
the Indiana House be refunded the money withheld from their paychecks due to a walkout in 2011.

The Democratic members of the Indiana House who faced fines for failing to attend sessions in protest of right-to-work legislation
will be reimbursed any amount withheld in 2011, according to a ruling from Marion Superior Judge David Dreyer. The judge also
ordered that any fines imposed this session may not be collected.

The Indiana Supreme Court Division of State Court Administration is taking advantage of the influx of visitors to central
Indiana this week to determine if the agency can function from a remote location in case of a disaster.

The Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed the suspension of a man’s driver’s license following his conviction of
possessing marijuana. While the driver’s license suspension statute generally applies only when the defendant uses the
vehicle in the commission of the offense, it’s not required that the defendant must either own or be driving the vehicle
when he commits the offense.

A Kansas attorney who was denied admission to join the Indiana bar can’t bring his suit against various state actors
in federal court because of the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a voyeurism charge for William R. Wallace, a former candidate for Gibson County
prosecutor. Wallace, who videotaped himself and a woman engaged in sexual intercourse, had filed an interlocutory appeal,
claiming that he was innocent of Class D felony voyeurism because the sex was consensual.

The Indiana Supreme Court will hear the state's appeal in the lawsuit over collecting fines imposed on absent members
of the Legislature. The state's highest court on Friday ruled 4-1 to accept jurisdiction of the interlocutory appeal sought
by the Indiana attorney general's office, which represents the state and officials named as defendants in the legislative
fines lawsuit, Crawford v. Berry.

The Indiana Supreme Court has adopted a repayment plan for an Indianapolis company it found engaged in the unauthorized practice
of law, ordering officials to reimburse the state bar association and former clients during the next six years.

The Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed a $1 million excess damages award from the Indiana Patient’s Compensation Fund
to the estate of a man who died following a truck accident, determining the fund is not entitled to a reduction of the award
to account for the 20 percent chance the man would have died even without the doctor’s negligence.

The Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed the decision by the Review Board of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development
granting unemployment benefits to Chrysler workers who took voluntary buyouts.